This is a superbly well researched product and allows the GM and the players to truly immerse themselves in the American wild west. Which leads to my only peeve. It's metric.

"The next town is yonder 'bout 3 kilometers up the trail." I know, I know, just make the conversion. The game uses Dollars not Pounds so why not miles instead of kilometers since it's based on the American West? The developers are from California I believe...not sure. Why metric?

I just don't like converting. I don't want to read a chart and get the calc out to see how many miles is 23 kilometers(a little over 14...got the calc out). You can substitute yards for meters for game purposes but miles for kilometers don't work and I would have to do the math and I don't want to. My gripe is that I never figured a game about the American Wild West would be metric.

I personally would like RPG Now (and the affiliates) to list the measurement system that games use. "This game uses Metric measurements"(or...See more Imperial or both).

I am American and I use feet and miles. I am NOT saying it's better. I am saying it's what I know and it takes me out of the game when I have to convert. I didn't expect this game to be metric. I can't say to my players that "The outlaw camp is 13 kilometers south" I HAVE to convert.

I am not a hater. I have a very good friend from Scotland. Other then the fact that he talks funny, takes the "Lift" to the third floor and eats "crisps" cause the chips are with the fish... he's a great guy. ;-)

Wait... if you were Butch Cassidy in Buenos Aires you would be using metric or Spanish. Anyway that's my 2 pence...which is about 3 cents.

Peace.

Robert W. RAugust 30, 2015 6:04 am UTC

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